New Mexico Highlands University

Las Vegas, NMPublic HLCNMHU Online

New Mexico Highlands University in Las Vegas, New Mexico, offers a bachelor's degree in criminal justice and an online Master of Arts in Criminology through its Department of Sociology, Anthropology and Criminal Justice.

Verified degree programs

1 program verified so far (1 master's). The school may offer more programs than we have verified; certificates are not listed as degrees.

Master of Arts in Criminology

Master'sMADedicated degreeMaster of Arts

Online

Las Vegas, NMSchool location, not a residency requirement

Online attendance requirements not verified

Duration not verified · 32 credits

$328.35 per credit · In-state — Graduate (resident), tuition and fees per credit hour (institution table; not stated for this online program) · 2026-2027

No upcoming verified deadline

Institution accredited: HLC

Criminology

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Accreditation

Higher Learning Commission (HLC)
Institutional accreditation — accredited · since January 1, 1937 · next review 08/31/2028
Recognized by: U.S. Department of Education
Source: ope.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

FEPAC program accreditation

None of this school's listed programs appears in FEPAC's accredited-program list. FEPAC accredits forensic science programs only and is optional; its absence does not make a program ineligible here.

Institutional accreditation covers the institution. It does not mean every program is FEPAC-accredited — FEPAC accredits individual programs, and we show it only for the program FEPAC lists.

Online student services

Services the university publishes for online students. Availability can depend on program and enrollment status.

Online student services: not verified. We publish this only when the institution states it on an official page.

Where online students can enroll from

State authorization decides whether the school can enroll you in an online program from your state.

State authorization

NMHU participates in the State Authorization Reciprocity Agreement (SARA) and lists the states where it is approved to offer online programs.
Source: nmhu.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Offerings we reviewed but do not list

This directory lists associate, bachelor's, master's and PhD programs in its subjects. These offerings were checked against official pages and fall outside that scope (certificates, associate degrees, electives-only degrees…).

Online BA in Organizational Leadership in Public Safety (Bachelor of Arts)Organizational leadership degree for public safety professionals; homeland security is one topic among innovation, budget and public administration courses, not a criminal justice or homeland security major.Source: online.nmhu.edu · verified October 24, 2026

Institution

Official name: New Mexico Highlands University
Control: Public
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Main location: 803 University Ave, Las Vegas, NM 87701
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026
Students enrolled exclusively in distance education: 1,371 of 2,814 students (Fall 2023)
Source: nces.ed.gov · verified October 10, 2026

Sources

Last verified October 24, 2026. Program facts and their sources are on each program page.

IPEDS 2024–25 Institutional Characteristics (HD2024), via College Navigator — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
IPEDS Fall 2023 enrollment by distance-education status (EF2023A_DIST) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
online.nmhu.edu/programs/ba-bachelors-organizational-leadership-public-safety/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
DAPIP — HLC institutional accreditation record (data files downloaded 2026-10-10) — U.S. Department of Education dataset (IPEDS / DAPIP), verified October 10, 2026
nmhu.edu/landing-criminal-justice/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026
nmhu.edu/online-programs-sara/ — Official disclosure page, verified October 24, 2026
nmhu.edu/sociology-anthropology-criminal-justice/master-of-arts-in-criminology/ — Official program page, verified October 24, 2026

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